July 6 - A Time to Return to Work

Visitors -
Summer services are now history. The Wright County Fairgrounds will again house sheep, chickens, pigs and other assorted critters. It was wonderful to be able to attend the services so close to home. Visitors came to inspect the building project both before and after the services.
Marty Wuollet stopped in before to check up on younger brother Ken's work. Just for the record he did drive in a screw and moved a drywall piece. He wanted to be able to say he helped out.

Dave and Charlene Hillstrom along with Mary Maki visited after the services. While they did not hoist sheetrock or drive screws, they did test the concept pew and offered opinions. Dave suggested that the seat could be a bit deeper (notice the length of his legs) and Mary opined the pew to be quite comfortable (for a pad-less bench). All the visitors were favorably impressed with the building and offered wishes of God's blessings for completing the project.




While the services were a refreshing and probably necessary interlude, they perhaps did cause the focus on the project to blur a bit.




Bees - 

I am still thinking about the bee swarm that stopped by and was mostly kidnapped by the local beekeeper. When the bees all cuddle up together like in the picture, what happens to the ones on the bottom of the pile? The pile is hanging down so the weight of the bees must not accumulate on the poor bottom guy. But how do they hang on to each other? And what happens when the one most covered by the stack needs to go potty? I would think this would be more troublesome than when the one in the middle of a long church pew has the same need.

The kidnapper said the bees left behind would likely die. As of this week the remnant is still hanging around, greeting photographers and other visitors with a lively buzz. They appear to be settling in a more sheltered area between the boards, not under the overhang as they were previously. Now I have no knowledge of these things but I wonder, how long these critters will hang around? And what will happen when we need to use the boards? Well, I am sure that time will tell.

The Bosses -

 I get out to the building site most every week, although I've been mostly delinquent for the last few days with services, visitors and all. But when I do get there, I likely see one or both of the bosses. And they are not content to just be bosses, they also haul heavy boards.

And solve geometry problems, like where to locate the hardware to anchor the portico support posts to the concrete pillars.

They must have solved the problem since there are now bolts buried in the pillar top.

It looks like they might be setting up for a little jump rope, but maybe not.

How they find time for all they do is a greater mystery to me than how the bees build an upside down pile.





Meanwhile Inside the Church -

The window guy, Paul Loukusa, is confirming window opening sizes. He is feeling no pane.

Eric goes to great heights to cut an opening in the drywall.

Pete goes to still greater heights while plotting to drop water balloons on the unsuspecting folks below.

 Matt and Ken try to figure out how to affix a double layer of drywall to the wall without cutting down the post, which is likely not allowed at this point.

Another puzzle to solve is the mass of wires jammed in boxes shown here - does anybody know which wires connect to which devices?

And finally, one can only try to imagine why the claw is bent. Did somebody really try to pound with the wrong end of the hammer head?